Richard Alexander Parsley

Brief Life History of Richard Alexander

When Richard Alexander Parsley was born in 1828, in Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Alexander Parsley, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Anderson, was 31. He married Dorcas Jane Bone on 31 May 1849, in Laurel, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Raccoon, Laurel, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died in 1893, in Laurel, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 65.

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Richard Alexander Parsley
1828–1893
Eliza Jane Moore
1818–1880
Marriage: 29 January 1851
Richard Alexander Parsley
1850–1927
James M. Parsley
1853–1917
Parsley
1855–1860
Emeline Parsley
1857–
William Parsley
1858–

Sources (27)

  • Richard Paisley, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Richard A Parsley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Richard Parsley in entry for J M Parsley and Eliza E Owens, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Pashley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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